00:01Silence of the Lambs is iconic cinema, but do you know about how Anthony Hopkins went
00:06further than Jodie Foster was expecting? During the infamous meeting between Dr.
00:11Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling, Clarice hands Dr. Lecter a case file
00:15questionnaire which he flicks through unimpressed in his glass prison cell.
00:19He then turns to Clarice and gives her a verbal lashing. However, it was within
00:23this moment which caught Jodie Foster off guard. Hopkins improvised mocking
00:28Foster's southern accent she learned for her character which initially angered her.
00:32In a Masterclass video with Foster she explains quote,
00:36That was not rehearsed. That was just something that Anthony Hopkins came up with. I was an
00:40actress learning how to speak in a West Virginia accent and when I heard him make fun of my
00:45accent it really made me mad. Foster laughs about it now and at the time thanked Hopkins
00:50for including it as it generated a real reaction from her which made it into the final cut of
00:55the movie.
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